Yeah. As a chem PhD, the average tends toward 4.5-5.5ish. Between classes, teaching, and genuinely getting things done, it's not a fast experience. Also, you

Yeah. As a chem PhD, the average tends toward 4.5-5.5ish. Between classes, teaching, and genuinely getting things done, it's not a fast experience. Also, you probably arent making a ton more unless you go for an industry job...which is a little bit the opposite of the Platonic independence supposedly at the heart of the training method. But very few people I know want to be a PI.